1. 錙
  2. 銖
  3. 必
  4. 較

錙

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  1. 錙 is the 5882nd most frequent character.
  2. 錙 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 錙 appears as a character in 0 words.
  4. 錙 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
錙 => 金, 甾
Radical :
錙 => 金 (metal/gold), 巛 (river), 田 (field)
Graphical :
錙 => 人, 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丷, 巛, 冂, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zi1 - ancient weight/one-eighth of a tael

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 錙 (zi1): The component 甾 is pronounced as 'zai1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

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銖

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  1. 銖 is the 3581st most frequent character.
  2. 銖 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 銖 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 銖 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
銖 => 金, 朱
Radical :
銖 => 金 (metal/gold), 木 (tree), 一 (one), ㇒ (N/A)
Graphical :
銖 => 人, 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丷, 一, 丨, 八, 一, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhu1 - twenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 銖 (zhu1): The component 朱 is pronounced as 'zhu1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 銖 (zhu1): The component 木 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

泰铢 (泰銖)

Medium Frequency

铢 (銖)
锱铢必较 (錙銖必較)

必

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  1. 必 is the 248th most frequent character.
  2. 必 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 必 appears as a character in 38 words.
  4. 必 appears as a component in 16 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
必 => 心, 丿
Radical :
必 => 心 (heart), 丿 (bend)
Graphical :
必 => 𠁼, ㇃, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bi4 - certainly/must/will/necessarily

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

必 
必须 (必須)

Medium Frequency

何必 
必备 (必備)
必胜客 (必勝客)
必定 
必然 
必要 
必需品 
未必 

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必 also appears in:
秘瑟泌宓毖铋祕邲閟苾袐虙鴓鉍駜鮅

較

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  1. 較 is the 491st most frequent character.
  2. 較 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 較 appears as a character in 19 words.
  4. 較 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
較 => 車, 交
Radical :
較 => 車 (car), 亠 (lid), 八 (eight/divide), 乂 (N/A)
Graphical :
較 => 二, 丨, 口, 一, 一, 丶, 八, 乂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiao4 - comparatively/(preposition comparing difference in degree)/to contrast/to compare/rather/fairly/clearly (different)/markedly/to haggle over/to quibble

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 較 (jiao4): The component 車 is pronounced as 'ju1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 較 (jiao4): The component 交 is pronounced as 'jiao1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

比较 (比較)
较 (較)

Medium Frequency

斤斤计较 (斤斤計較)
计较 (計較)
较为 (較為)
较量 (較量)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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